Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-04
FROM AUSTIN.
Record for tho Week OF the DSings
OF the Lawmakers OF
the State.
Bills Passed and BILLS Proposed-Work
Good, Bad and Indifterent-Nures,
Gossip and Chatter.
THE QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT.

The QOES IlON OF Al)JOURNNENl
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Feb. 2j.-The resolution
to adjourn March Il was taken up this
morning in the House, and after being
discussed pro and con by several men,
bers from personal standpoint was re-
ferred to the committee on the state CT
affairs.
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT RESOLUTION.
Senator Houston spoke in favor of sub
hitting the amendment to vote of the
people, from a standpoint touching its
political tendencies and held that unless
the Democratic party were willing to sub
NIT the amendment they would build u
party that would rise up and overshadow
and overpower the influence and prestige
of the Democratic party.
Senator Simkins believed in submit
ting to the voice OF the people in matters
touching their personal rights and not
forcing arbitrary legislation that would
bring about spirit Of resentment and
| law breaking.
| WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE.
The House Joint resolution to submit
prohibition amendment to the people
passed the Senate to-day by q vote OF TWEEN
ty-two for and eight against. Those vot-
ing yea were: Senators Allen,
Armstead, Abercrombie, Bell, Cal
houn, Camp, Davis, Douglass Of
Jefferson, Douglass Of Grayson, Fields,
Frank, Garrison, Gregg, Harrison, Hous-
ten, Jarvis, Mcdonald, Macmanus, Sim
kins, Stinsop, Terrell and Upshaw
Those voting nay were: Senators Bur
CESS, Burney, Claiborne, Glssscock, Knit
tie, Lane, Pope and Woods: Senator
Woodward being absent,
The bill provides that the election
shall be held on the first Tuesday in Au-
gust, 1887.
AN INTERESTIN DEBATE.
| An interesting debate took place IN the
Senate chamber during the afternoon ses-
sion over the engrossment of the bill to
bring suit for part of Kansas and the
Indian Territory, Including Greer county.
During the progress of the debate an
amusing forensic combat took place be
tween Senators Calhoun and Burgess.
| IRRIGATION AND MINING.
Mr.. George Knight of Pecos City is
here working up an interest in irrigation
and mining. 1t is understood that en- ir-
rigation bill is new in state of prepaTa-
zion, and that bill containing all the es-
sential features of good mining law
will be presented to the Legislature before
the end OF the session.
The House amendments to the Senate
bill providing that county ccuviCts shall
be credited twenty cents day when hired
cut was concurred in.
TIE bill to define a certain boundary Of
the state OF Texas, and authorizing suit
against the state Of Kansas, was laid be-
fore the Senate. SenatOr Burgess opposed
the bill, and gave some very pointed
and focirsble reasons for doing so.
He argued that it might damage
the claims to Greer county, and would
certainly array the powerful state of Kan
sas against Texas in her efforts to secure
a clear title to Greer county. He showed
that the Texas commissioners investigat-
ing this matter last year were not unit
upon the question. He made very able
argument against the bill, and stated that
in his opinion the caption should be
changed so as to read "a bill to relieve
the claim forever to Greer county," as
that would be the practical result if the
bill passed.
Senators Bell AMI Terrell spoke in
favor of the bill, and argued that Texas
had Just claim to the territory Both
senators contended that the territory it
was proposed to sue for had not been set
tied until sometime in 1873, and, there
fore, the statute of limitation would not
be run against the state.
Senator Calhoun objected to the small
fee provided for in the bill. He wanted
70 fourth-class lawyer in case involv-
ing, it is said, property valued at $780,
100000 A $1,000 fee, as provided, would
not secure q second-class lawyer.
He insisted that in case of such magni-
tude 10 per cent of the amount claimed
would not be exorbitant. He would Of
fer an amendment increasing the fees,
and he hoped the bill would pass.
Senator Houston regarded the bill as
dangerous and opposed it. He did not
believe the territory belonged TO Texas,
and that the suit would simply put the
state to great expense and result in no
good.
Senator Jarvis commended that the state |
could not recover the territory, and ar
gued that suit would be decidedly ex-
pensive and therefore he opposed the bill. |
Senator Pope looked upon it as state |
demand, and he did not believe suit !